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Last updated 2026-11-09
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The Sanskrit texts are public domain. Each translation states its own licence. All images, artwork and music on Vedyatra are © Hemang Vyas, all rights reserved.
Sanskrit texts
The Sanskrit texts of the Vedas, Upaniṣads, Bhagavad Gītā, Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata are in the public domain. Every verse names the edition it follows.
Translations
Every translation shows its translator, its source and its licence next to the verse. Translations by others remain theirs and are used under their stated licence. Vedyatra's own working drafts of translations are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0): you may share and adapt them, with credit to Vedyatra and a link to the verse, under the same licence.
Other writing
The introductions to the scriptures, the reading guides and the retellings in the illustrated stories are © Hemang Vyas. You may quote short passages with credit to Vedyatra and a link to the page.
Artwork
Every image on Vedyatra is © Hemang Vyas, wherever it appears: the illustrations and story panels, the home page and library images, the images on verse, scripture, guide and story pages, the backgrounds and mandalas, the share and preview images, the icons and the logo. All rights reserved. You may share a link to any page, together with its preview image. You may not copy, download for redistribution, modify, sell, or use any of these images to train AI models without written permission.
Music
All music on Vedyatra is © Hemang Vyas. All rights reserved. You may listen on the site. You may not copy, redistribute, broadcast, sync to other media, or use the music to train AI models without written permission.
Fonts and software
The typefaces Mukta, Eczar and Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit are used under the SIL Open Font License 1.1; their licence files are published with the fonts. The site's software and design are © Hemang Vyas.
Permissions and takedown requests
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